March 2014

Prepping for Passover Amid Grief and Taxes

It is the day before Passover and everyone has a yahrtzeit but me.My mother’s mother collapsed on seder night, ten days before her young grandson ...

Freedom From Passover Is Freedom, Too

The story of Passover, and the Exodus from Egypt, involves the oppressor (Pharaoh and the Egyptians) and the oppressed and ...

Chad Gadya: Spiritual, Ethical, Political Masterpiece

At our home, the seder is not over until we sing “Chad Gadya“ – making the appropriate animal noises for ...

I’m the Good Jewish Doctor your Grandparents Always Envisioned You Would Marry

I’m the good Jewish doctor your grandparents always envisioned you would marry.Well, sort of.Perhaps they didn’t anticipate that I’d be ...

Mensch Madness, Game 4: Abraham vs. Hillel!

As Mensch Madness continues, our next match-up is between the one… the only… the Father of Monotheism… Abraham! And his ...

The Justice of Passover

In only a few short weeks we will encounter our annual adventure down memory lane as we gather around and ...

Preparing for Passover in Guatemala

Wow!! Again, the time is almost here and there are plenty of things to do. One of our favorite holidays ...

How the Rabbi Hooked Me

In the spring of 2009, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi spoke at the Boulder Book Store to a jammed and eager audience. I was ...

“Is the Lord Present Among Us or Not?”

The state of public discourse, both within the Jewish community and within our society at large, has taken rather a ...

The Tech Side of Camp

by Rabbi Jason Miller New Brunswick, NJ – As Jewish camp leaders once again convened at Leaders Assembly, the Foundation ...